The 10 most sensational mini houses of 2025
From prefabricated capsules that can be shipped anywhere in the world to tiny apartments in big cities and igloo-shaped residences, this year's selection has it all.
Between completed restorations, unrealized projects, and evolving heritage, renovations reveal better than anything else where global architecture is heading today.
From prefabricated capsules that can be shipped anywhere in the world to tiny apartments in big cities and igloo-shaped residences, this year's selection has it all.
We explore the main locations of the Winter Olympics: new constructions and established or reinvented venues, awaiting the kick-off of the event which will take place on 6 February at San Siro, in Milan.
New houses, reimagined houses, houses that took on new roles: from apartments and villas to films, experiments, and architectural icons, in Domus’ 2025 the home has been a matter of meaning.
Every year, new buildings spring up around the world, but few leave a lasting mark. Domus has selected fifteen unmissable architectures of 2025, from China to France, via Abu Dhabi, Giza, Rabat, and Osaka.
Although it looks like a single house, it is actually two houses in one. This French home has a dual personality: one side faces uphill and the other downhill, with the interior spaces arranged vertically.
The project by the Chinese firm Chuxin Tuoyuan, led by Meng Zhao, proposes a new arts and music center beside Alvar Aalto’s historic town hall, openly embracing the language of the Finnish master.
The Nishiogi Comichi Terrace project remains rooted in the austere imagery typical of the most celebrated residential works of the Japanese master, while at the same time conveying a sense of intimacy and shared open space.
Studio Kyriakos Miltiadou has designed a home as a box within a box, deconstructed from the inside out, shaped by an introverted yet layered and lived-in residential concept.
Located near Lisbon, this compact house opens outwards to reveal a series of patios at the heart of its spatial layout and domestic life.
We remember the Canadian architect through 60 years of Domus archives: a multifaceted figure who challenged technique to assert how architecture is (also) a work of art.
Art sets the pace and architecture follows
Frederic Migayrou, curator of the exhibition “Aerodream” at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, tells us the aesthetic and social evolution of these majestic inflatable structures, from Second World War until today.
Between submerged cities, high-altitude airports and inadequate regulations, the voices of Ghotmeh, Gang, Ma, Mandrup, BIG, Snøhetta and others reveal that sustainability is not a single concept. From the Holcim Awards emerges a landscape of differences, contradictions and new possibilities.
The year 2026 is shaping up to be one of new museums, major global events, and urban transformations. In this evolving landscape, Domus has selected ten architectural works that are nearing completion.